Looks great.

However, the preview that the guy quoted, it says there are two modes, "arcade and simulation", and gamespot and 1UP said two modes "arcade and realistic."

I'm guessing some of these publications are confusing simulation with realistic. Easy mistake to make though, as both terms describe it well I guess.

Anton says there are 3 modes of play...

...Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev
"You have to unlock Arcarde/Realistic/Sim mode by finishing special tutorial missions (rather short). Arcade tutorial is required, others are optional.
That is done, to prevent casual player from unintendently selecting of realistic/simulation mode.

After that, you will be able to play Campaign in mode of your choise."

Look at the jeuxvideo.fr preview:there are 3 modes: arcade, realistic and sim...
And 42 missions..
www.jeuxvideo.fr

I haven't seen this one: http://gameinsano.com/2009/07/02/il-...ds-on-preview/ it is quite new. Dated 2.7.2009

That's ridiculously impressive.

I wonder what the rescue missions are that he talks about.

And this is good news
"You’ll find that depending in your skill level, IL- Sturmovik will abide, offering varying degrees of arcade to realistic simulation battles. But the flight engine is designed for hard-core sim fans, with additional controls to achieve precision maneuvering. That doesn’t mean that a virgin noob can’t jump in a have fun, it just means that when the game scales between difficulties, it’s scaling down from a harder threshold."

http://bhimpact.gamespress.com/product_page.asp?i=946

NICE
http://bhimpact.gamespress.com/artwo...8_17.06.46.jpg

teamxbox; Birds of Prey; Hands-on Preview
 

http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-36...ds-of-Prey/p1/

:-P